Edward and Jaycel

On Jaycel's resume, we put a little note after her summary on the first page that said this: "From June 2024 to Present I have been navigating the US immigration process so that I could join my American Husband here in the States. As of January 18, 2025 I have received my Employment Authorization Document (I-766) from USCIS and I am now authorized to work in the US without needing sponsorship." She got hired by the 2nd place she applied to. While it is not in her degree field, it is giving her work experience in the US, helps her practice her American English, and is giving her an income while she continues to search for jobs in her degree field. Hope this helps!

Yes you will still fill out the physical address portion even though it hasn't changed

Today's stats: June 7, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 8,967 (+205) • Denied: 1227 • FingerprintScheduled: 78 • InterviewCancelled: 333 • InterviewScheduled: 10,226 (-16) • Processing: 20,066 (-196) • Received: 592 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 414 • Terminated: 192 • Withdrawal: 37 • Others: 33

This is a Philippine Bureau of Immigration requirement for all travelers entering and exiting the Philippines - Not a US Government program You do have to wait until 72 hours prior to your departure to make the registration I'm not sure if she can go on her mother's or if she needs her own (To be safe I would create one just for her) For the passport, you should use the US passport as that is what I imagine you booked the ticket under? I have heard that they will give you an opportunity to fix it but I'm not 100% on this as I've never had to fix mine either entering or leaving the Philippines

Today's stats: June 6, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 8,762 (+279) • Denied: 1210 • FingerprintScheduled: 80 • InterviewCancelled: 336 • InterviewScheduled: 10,242 (-35) • Processing: 20,262 (-258) • Received: 594 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 419 • Terminated: 191 • Withdrawal: 36 • Others: 33

If you can find a civil surgeon that will do just the vaccine assessment portion then you are eligible for that. There's even a checkbox on the first page of the I-693 that you check to indicate your eligibility for this. A lot of CS will not do it though I am finding out and likely we will end up having to get Jaycel the full physical. You cannot upload it because the CS office will return the I-693 to you in a sealed envelope to take with you to USCIS. Make sure you don't break the seal

Looks like they decided to postpone this because that notice is no longer up on the site and the option to choose the notification method for your monthly update is no longer in the settings section

If it says that they are ready to schedule the interview, that means they haven't scheduled it yet. You will get notified when they schedule it. Not everyone gets the "Ready to schedule" notification

If the Polio was marked "Not Age Appropriate" and she had her medical exam after 5/1/2024, that is incorrect and you should go make an appointment with a civil surgeon to get it done. Jaycel's friend had her interview this week and had the same blanket waiver for Polio and she got an RFE at the interview.

Wow... Congrats 🎉

The other thing to keep in mind is that when folks are approved, the vast majority of them will come out of the "Interview Scheduled" category. If you look at the daily case status change updates for October, the one below from 06/03, still quite a few interviews being scheduled but the number of approvals is outpacing them by quite a bit and therefore showing a decrease in the number of cases being in the "Interview Scheduled" category overall... At least that's how it looks to me

Same here... Jaycel asks me all the time, "Did USCIS forget about me?" It breaks my heart

Did you do an email inquiry or did you use the public inquiry website? If you do the email inquiry the NVC will NOT give you case details. Make a public inquiry using the link below. Use the attachment function to attach your I-129F approval notice. Ask for your case number. Then in the same inquiry ask them to update your casefile with yours and your fiancé(e)'s email addresses and give them your current email addresses. This will ensure that they and the embassy has both of your email addresses correct in the file https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

Today's stats: June 5, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 8,483 (+203) • Denied: 1190 • FingerprintScheduled: 83 • InterviewCancelled: 337 • InterviewScheduled: 10,277 (-31) • Processing: 20,520 (-185) • Received: 597 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 420 • Terminated: 188 • Withdrawal: 35 • Others: 34

Oh my Lord they are starting to get out of control again

Both times was right after re-opening the country after the Covid lockdown... I wonder if that had something to do with it?

Well this is interesting....

Yes, she stuck to her guns, was calm, respectful but very insistent that she knew me very well and would not be going to a different country to marry someone who she didn't trust 1000%. The counselor finally gave up trying to scare her and let her go. This was before they started asking for FBI / Police clearances so if she had asked, we wouldn't have had one and I'm sure she would have denied her pending me getting one to her.

I know it's the hardest in the world to do but you just gotta wait and let them do their thing. Hoping it comes soon!

This is almost exactly the way I wrote it for Jaycel

Today's stats: June 4, 2025 23:15 MDT November 2024 Filed I-485 Stats • Approved: 8,280 (+224) • Denied: 1176 • FingerprintScheduled: 84 • InterviewCancelled: 334 • InterviewScheduled: 10,308 (-61) • Processing: 20,705 (-182) • Received: 597 • Rejected: 102 • RFE: 424 • Terminated: 187 • Withdrawal: 35 • Others: 35

There have been several reports lately of CFO asking for FBI clearance of the petitioner ever since that Filipina got killed by her husband in Europe somewhere 6 or 7 months ago. It seems to be at the whim of the CFO counselor rather than an official policy. I would get the email address and email it directly and CC your fiancée. I would also take a screenshot of the online instructions on the FBI website for getting the clearance where it specifically says that the clearance is usually emailed to you within 48 hours if you do the digital fingerprinting at the USPS. That should hopefully shut down the counselor's "anything gotten quickly is fake" BS. Let us know how it goes and good luck. Jaycel had a real peach of a counselor in Cebu who basically warned her that I was either going to murder her, cheat on her constantly or abandon her here in the US. 🤪

You don’t need it to extend the tourist visa. BI can and often does ask to see either a return ticket or onward ticket upon initial entry to the Philippines, showing you are leaving before the 30 day expiration of the tourist visa stamp you get upon arrival. I was asked for this 2 out of the 3 times I entered the Philippines. Luckily I had a throwaway onward ticket showing my departure 28 days after my entry both times. I never had to show any ticket to extend my tourist visa at the BI office. Just twice upon initial entry

Yes I've called a few of them and they say they won't do just the vaccine assessment. They say they have to do the whole medical exam again.

It looks like so far it's only for the N400s so far because our I-485 case still shows the old version